Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 32,548 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested in Zimbabwe is 32,548 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 38,398 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 13,850 ha, in 1961.
That places Zimbabwe 110th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,850 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,320 ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 14,850 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 15,050 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 15,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 15,520 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 16,070 ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 16,470 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 17,110 ha | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 17,670 ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 18,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 19,260 ha | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 19,800 ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 20,040 ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 20,590 ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 20,565 ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 21,650 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 21,605 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 22,310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 22,945 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 24,110 ha | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 24,740 ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 25,385 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 25,808 ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 26,634 ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 26,806 ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 27,144 ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 28,309 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 32,113 ha | +13.4% |
| 1990 | 33,606 ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 33,624 ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 31,350 ha | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 33,560 ha | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 35,287 ha | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 34,213 ha | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 35,135 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 35,372 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 35,090 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 36,055 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 36,755 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 37,181 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 37,193 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 37,865 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 38,398 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 37,944 ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 36,467 ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 34,301 ha | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 25,199 ha | -26.5% |
| 2009 | 23,907 ha | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 22,548 ha | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 22,413 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 21,318 ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 21,345 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 21,705 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 22,072 ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 22,148 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 22,564 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 23,072 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 27,999 ha | +21.4% |
| 2020 | 30,554 ha | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 30,842 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 32,182 ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 32,391 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 32,548 ha | +0.5% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 32,548 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71,505 ha, 46% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 32,548 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 53% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Zimbabwe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | -26.5% | 34,301 ha | 25,199 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,393 ha | 13,850 ha | 17,110 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,199 ha | 17,670 ha | 22,310 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,399 ha | 22,945 ha | 32,113 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,329 ha | 31,350 ha | 36,055 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,521 ha | 23,907 ha | 38,398 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,718 ha | 21,318 ha | 27,999 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,703 ha | 30,554 ha | 32,548 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 32,548 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 38,398 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,850 ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 110th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.